Browsing through wedding cake pictures is the best way to get inspiration for a sweet confection for your own wedding. Wedding cakes come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and flavors—believe us, we've seen (almost) them all and put many of them in the pages of Brides! At the end of every year, we pick the most creative designs that have graced our print magazine, from opulent cakes plated in gold foil and romantic cakes covered in red roses to a tiered concoction made entirely out of cheese. Whether you're looking for a cake to fit with your wedding style, you want to design your wedding around a cake (people do it all the time!), or if you just want to feast your eyes (and have your mouth water just a little bit), we selected our favorite sweet treats from 2013 and the year before. Winter brides, beach brides, women planning nuptials on Valentine's Day, brides-to-be who are cutting costs, and low-key brides can all unite over these pretty wedding cakes that cost nothing to look at!

The cayenne-and-lavender-colored wedding cake at left will spice up every fall wedding in a delightfully unexpected way. Its gold trim and fanciful details add exciting flair and have a certain circus-like feel.

Click through to see all of the prettiest and most creative wedding cakes from the past two years.

Ana Parzych Custom Cakes, New York and Connecticut

Party like a British monarch at your wedding with a six-tier white and gold creation like this cake. If you're celebrating in the evening, nothing's more stately than the soft glow of silver candelabras and a really big cake. Princess Grace of Monaco's towering six tiers were modest compared with most monarchs'. (Kate had eight!)

Lael Cakes, Brooklyn, NY

The sugar birch-bark ruffles on this cake complement a venue's rustic-chic décor. A cake like this really conjures up an image of the entire wedding: After the cutting, guests will gather 'round for a sweet slow dance to a Bright Eyes ballad played on the banjo by a bearded Ryan Gosling lookalike.

Wild Orchid Baking Co., Dover, NH

What does an art-gallery worthy wedding cake like this say? Your party is minimalist, crisp, and planned to a T. Cocktail banter is as witty as the drinks are stiff, and there's an unofficial prize for the guest who can name whose artwork your dessert is referencing.

One Girl Cakes, Brooklyn, NY

A glamorous city wedding calls for an equally outstanding cake. This four-tier cake has the right amount of height to make a statement, while the orchids and stripes infuse it with wedding-worthy romance.

Erica OBrien Cake Design, Hamden, CT

If you're looking for a pattern that's graphic and feminine, Erica O'Brien of Erica OBrien Cake Design recommends quatrefoil: The hand-appliquéd design, along the edible ranunculus, is dazzling to gawk at and delicious to eat.